format long w=0; e=0; r=0; t=0; q=0; y=[0.3;0.4;0.5;0.6]; e=[0.5488;0.4493;0.3679;0.3012]; x=y-e; w=y(1)*(q-x(2))*(q-x(3))*(q-x(4))/((x(1)-x(2))*(x(1)-x(3))*(x(1)-x(4))); e=y(2)*(q-x(1))*(q-x(3))*(q-x(4))/((x(2)-x(1))*(x(2)-x(3))*(x(2)-x(4))); r=y(3)*(q-x(1))*(q-x(2))*(q-x(4))/((x(3)-x(1))*(x(3)-x(2))*(x(3)-x(4))); t=y(4)*(q-x(1))*(q-x(2))*(q-x(3))/((x(4)-x(1))*(x(4)-x(2))*(x(4)-x(3))); ans=w+e+r+t